Opera SALOME
Richard Strauss

SALOME • Apr-20 2021 | Teatro San Carlo, Napoli
A music trip to Naples can be a wonderful combination. The city offers excellent culinary attractions and a cityscape that is best explored on foot with a private guide. You are constantly reminded of the volcano that spilled over Pompeii almost 2,000 years ago. Today this is a worthwhile destination. And then Amalfi invites to a long day trip or a connecting stay. Also Capri, Ischia and the Aeolian Islands. You could easily spend months there.
But the highlight of your musical journey is the visit to the Teatro San Carlo to a performance of your choice.
“SALOME”, Richard Strauss • From 11 to 20 April 2021
Salome – Season 2021 – The new events calendar after COVID – update from September 2020
Drama in one act
Libretto by Hedwig Lachmann, after Oscar Wilde
Conductor • Juraj Valčuha
Master of the Chorus • Gea Garatti Ansini
Stage director • Manfred Schweighofler
Set designer • Nicola Rubertelli
Costume designer • Katrin Dorigo
Cast
Herod • Roberto Saccà*
Herodias • Lioba Braun
Salomè • Vida Miknevičiūtė*
Jochanaan • Johan Reuter *
Narraboth • Matthew Newlin*
The Page of Herodias • Jurgita Adamonyte
Five Juden • Cristiano Olivieri, David Ferri Durà, Pietro Picone, Gregory Bonfatti, Antonio Feltracco
Two Nazarens • Roberto Abbondanza, Christian Hübner
Two Soldiers • Seung Pil Choi, Roman Astakhov
A Cappadocian • Francesco Leone
A Slave • Luciano Leoni
*debut at Teatro di San Carlo
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro di San Carlo
Production of Teatro di San Carlo
- Sunday 11 April, h 19.00
- Wednesday 14 April, h 18.00
- Saturday 17 April, h 19.00
- Tuesday 20 April, h 20.00
Language: Sung in German with Italian and English surtitles
Running time: about 1 hour and 50 minutes, there is no interval
Neapolitan audiences have always appreciated Richard Strauss’ works since, for about a century, it has been performed at Teatro di San Carlo more frequently than in any other Italian historic theatre. The last Salome by Manfred Schweigkofler comes back to the stage after 7 years conducted by Juraij Valčuha. This one act opera was introduced to German audiences for the first time in 1905 and enjoyed immediately a huge international success. The inventiveness of the music enhances the strong dramaturgy of the text, which was scandalous for its times. The piece is extremely contemporary and sets the biblical episode in a timeless horizon, which surrounds the spectator with powerful sounds and the chilling beauty of the moon. The most famous scene of the piece, Salome’s long and sensual dance, reveals the epilogue. She obtains Herod’s promise to give her the head of Jochanaan, John the Baptist, to fulfil her sick passion. The orchestration provided by the score is impressive and it contributes to drag the spectator in an inescapable hypnotic spiral.
Travel Description
Music trip Naples superior
- Gourmet Dinner
- Exclusive city walking tour in your language
- Aperitif with light dinner before the performance in a famous caffetteria
- Premium tickets in the parquet area at the San Carlo opera house
- 2 nights accommodation with breakfast
Program day by day
Day 1
- Arrival at the hotel
- Dinner at a typical Italian restaurant near the hotel (3-course menu, including drinks)
- Overnight in a hotel in Naples
Day 2
- Breakfast buffet at the hotel
- Exclusive personal guided walking tour in your language
- Before going to the theater; Aperitif with appetizers in a historic place
- Opera or Ballet performance at the San Carlo opera house
- Overnight in a hotel in Naples
Day 3
- Breakfast buffet at the hotel
- Departure and end of the program
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